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A recent excavation at the port of Urla underwater archaeological

site in Turkey has revealed a sunken ship that is believed to date

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back 4,000 years, according to a report in Hurriyet Daily News.

The surprising discovery is the oldest known shipwreck ever

found in the Mediterranean, and is also among the oldest known

shipwrecks worldwide.

The discovery was made by the Research Center for Maritime

Archaeology (ANKÜSAM) at the University of Ankara, during

excavations at the well-known Port of Urla underwater site, a port

city located near Izmir. The actual port dates back to the 7th

century BC, but maritime history in the area dates back more than

5,000 years.

The shipwreck was discovered near Urla, Turkey. Image source.

The port of Urla, which served the ancient Greek settlement of

Klazomenai, sunk following a natural disaster, probably an

earthquake, in the 8th century BC, making the area popular for

underwater research. Numerous sunken ships have already been

found in Urla, ranging from the 2nd century BC to the Ottoman

period. Uncovering a ship that is believed to date back to around

2,000 BC, is incredibly rare and significant.

“If we confirm that the sunken ship [we have found] is 4,000 years

old, it will be a very important milestone for archaeology,” said

Professor Hayat Erkanal, the head of Limantepe excavations for

the underwater ancient city of Klozemenai and director of

ANKÜSAM.

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The research team is now working to confirm its age with more

precision, examine its features, and clean salt from the materials

to prevent further deterioration. Erkanal explained that it can take

up to 8 years to completely remove a sunken ship from the water.

A researcher working on one of the artifacts recovered from the

ship. Image source: Hurriyet Daily News.

It was only two weeks ago that another significant underwater

discovery was made in the Mediterranean – a 2,700-year-old

Phoenician shipwreck near Malta’s Gozo island. But the oldest

known shipwreck, until now, to have been found in the

Mediterranean was the world-famous Uluburun shipwreck,

found off the coast of Kas in Turkey in 1982. The Uluburun dates

back 3,300 years and contained one of the wealthiest and largest

known assemblages of Late Bronze Age items.

It is hoped that the new discovery will provide archaeologists with

an abundance of information about society, culture, and maritime

history across the Mediterranean.

Featured image: Marine archaeologists work to uncover an

artifact found alongside the newly discovered shipwreck. Image

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